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The Square of Mr. Sax

The Square of Mr. Sax

Today we are going to march like a real marching band! Sounds like great fun, but what will it sound like when the band grows tired and no longer feels like marching the street? Or what if someone in the band receives a love letter, making the others jealous? In The Square of Mr. Sax, the marching band is performing in the little square where Mr. Sax lives. The quartet doesn’t know who he is until the door to his mysterious little house finally opens.

The Square of Mr. Sax, featuring the players of the brilliant Ebonit Quartet, is a compelling musical parade with lots of humour, directed by Jochem Stavenuiter.

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The Ebonit Quartet is a sparkling young ensemble whose aim is to add some colour to the Dutch music landscape. The quartet was founded in 2011 and consists of four young musicians from Poland, the Netherlands and Germany. The four members met in Arno Bornkamp’s saxophone class at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, and they were the first saxophone quartet ever to study at the Netherlands String Quartet Academy. www.ebonitquartet.com

“The great strength of this performance is not just in the musical dialogue conducted among the musicians on stage, but especially in the intricate levels of communication with the children in the audience. With the cheerful parade of richly imagined and musical scenes in The String Quartet of Mr Sax, Oorkaan presents an accessible introduction to classical music.”